HBO has released a one-minute trailer for the third season of
Game of Thrones, which looks mightily impressive. I'm glad I stuck with this show through a dense and occasionally plodding first season, because it's really turned into something very impressive and remarkable. I don't read George R.R Martin's books, but I hear the third is widely considered the best (and season 3 will be tackling the first half of "A Storm of Swords"), so it's time to get excited for the return of Westeros. New faces appearing include Mackenzie Crook (
The Office), Tara Fitzgerald, Ciarán Hinds (
Munich), Paul Kaye (
Dennis Pennis), Anton Lesser (
Primeval), Tobiaz Menzies (
Rome), Diana Rigg (
The Avengers), Iwan Rheon (
Misfits), Clive Russell (
Sherlock Holmes) and Thomas Sangster (
Love Actually).
Update: 03/03/13 - the extended trailer contains even better footage...
GAME OF THRONES returns 31 March 2013 on HBO, and 1 April 2013 on Sky Atlantic.